Re: [Linux-cluster] Re: [ANNOUNCE] OpenSSI 1.0.0 released!!
From: Pavel Machek
Date: Mon Aug 16 2004 - 15:27:00 EST
Hi!
> >I wonder if device-mapper (slightly hacked) wouldn't be a better
> >approach for 2.6+.
>
> It appeared from the original posting that their "cluster-wide devfs"
> actually supported all types of device nodes, not just block devices.
> I don't know whether accessing a character device on another node
> would ever be useful, but certainly using device-mapper wouldn't help
> for that case.
Remote character devices seem extremely usefull to me...
mpg456 --device /dev/kitchen/dsp
cat /dev/roof/dsp > /dev/laptop/dsp
cat picture-to-scare-pigeons.raw > /dev/roof/fb0
X --device=/dev/livingroom/fb0
.... Okay, it will probably take a while until SSI cluster is the
right tool to network your home :-).
Pavel
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